Marks

None

Inscriptions

B and C, in chalk, at center of interior backs of exterior drawers; illegible chalk in center back of upper drawer; 1 through 11, in graphite, on interior drawers at center back and interior front corners; Bottom, in chalk, on underside of bookcase and desk; mathematical calculations, in chalk, on underside of desk; Roman numerals, in graphite, on interior backs of valance drawers and Roman numerals incised on interior edges of fronts of valance drawers

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Nicholas Brown (17291791), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to his son, Nicholas Brown (17691841), Providence; by descent to his son, John Carter Brown (17971874); by descent to his son, John Nicholas Brown (18611900); by descent to John Nicholas Brown, Jr. (19001979), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to his son, Capt. Nicholas Brown USN retired (born 1932), Providence, Rhode Island and Baltimore, Maryland; consigned to Christie's, New York, June 3, 1989, lot 100; sold to Israel Sack, Inc., New York